Manuscript account of Captain Lovewell's fight at Pigwacket, 1725
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- 1725-05-08
- Description
This manuscript account of Pigwacket Fight (1725) was written by Eleazar Melvin. In this document Melvin briefly describes Lovewell's march from Dunstable near present day Nashua, N.H. to Pigwacket, Maine, lists the names of the men in Lovewell's command, and provides some information about the fight and the fatalities. One Eleazar Melven is included in his list, but it is unclear whether it is the same name as the author's, which is spelled as M...
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Melvin, Elezear
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- Newberry Library
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- Manuscripts (Documents)Personal narratives
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- Chicago citation style
- Melvin, Elezear. Manuscript account of Captain Lovewell's fight at Pigwacket, 1725. 1725-05-08. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/30891. (Accessed April 17, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Melvin, Elezear, (1725-05-08) Manuscript account of Captain Lovewell's fight at Pigwacket, 1725. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/30891
- MLA citation style
- Melvin, Elezear. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/nby_eeayer/id/30891>.